Oleum

What Oleum does

Oleum Olieslagerij is a Belgian family-owned artisan oil mill headquartered in Oudenaarde, Belgium, currently in its ninth generation of operation since founding in 1817. The company mechanically presses (expeller presses) organic and natural seeds to produce two product lines: a portfolio of organic crude and refined (RBD/RBDW) oils — sunflower (linoleic and high oleic varieties), rapeseed, soybean, linseed, and palm — sold to human food manufacturers, and high-protein expeller pressed organic cakes (sunflower, rapeseed, soybean, linseed) sold to animal feed manufacturers. Products are offered in multiple packaging formats ranging from drums and IBCs up to flexibags, isotanks, and bulk, enabling industrial-scale delivery.

The company's underlying technology is artisan mechanical cold-pressing, deliberately avoiding chemical solvent extraction; the firm positions this 200-year-old process, along with organic and natural certification, as the basis of its product quality and market differentiation. Its value proposition centers on flexibility and customization — adapting ingredient specifications, packaging, and delivery terms to individual customer end-use requirements — supported by stated pillars of organic/natural sourcing, reliability, availability, customization, and sustainability.

Oleum operates a direct B2B sales model with custom quotation-based pricing, no public price list, and customer acquisition handled via website, phone, and contact form rather than through distributors or intermediaries. The company employs 11–50 people at a single Belgian site, holds a Belgian VAT registration (BE 0865.646.905), is GDPR-compliant, and shows no signs of institutional investment, external funding, or public ownership. No API, software products, or digital/AI capabilities are part of the offering.

Name

Oleum

Legal name

Oleum Olieslagerij

Website

https://oleum.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1817

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Oleum Olieslagerij is a Belgian family-owned artisan oil mill, founded in 1817, that mechanically presses organic oils and press cakes from seeds for the human food and animal feed industries across nine generations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organic Vegetable Oil Manufacturing

NAICS

Fats and Oils Refining and Blending (311225), Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing (311224), Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing (31122)

SIC

Fats & Oils (2070), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Vegetable Oil Crushing & Refining (Soy, Canola/Rapeseed, Sunflower, Corn, Cottonseed) (AFAKAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Virgin & Cold-Pressed Culinary Oils (AFAJALAB), High-Oleic & Specialty Oilseed Oils (AFAJALAC), Industrial Frying Oils & Foodservice Oil Blends Manufacturing (AFAKAEAI)

Keywords

• Organic oil pressing
• Expeller pressed cakes
• Vegetable oil manufacturing
• Animal feed ingredients
• Cold pressed oils

Headquarters

HQ city

Oudenaarde

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Organic Oil Sales: Sale of mechanically pressed organic oils including sunflower oil (linoleic and high oleic), rapeseed oil, soybean oil, linseed oil, and palm oil in crude or refined (RBD/RBDW) forms. Sold in bulk, isotanks, flexibags, IBCs, and drums to food industry manufacturers.
2. Expeller Pressed Cakes Sales: Sale of high-quality press cakes remaining after mechanical oil extraction from organic sunflower, rapeseed, soybean, and linseed. Sold to animal feed industries as protein-rich feed ingredients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Oleum (Oleum Olieslagerij) is a Belgian artisan oil mill that mechanically presses organic seeds to produce organic vegetable oils—including sunflower, rapeseed, soybean, linseed, and palm oils—and expeller-pressed press cakes. The products are supplied to industrial buyers in the human food industry and animal feed industry in flexible packaging formats ranging from bulk and isotanks to flexibags, IBCs, and drums.

Product overview

Oleum is an artisan oil mill that mechanically presses organic and natural oils and cakes from seeds. The company offers two product lines: high-quality organic oils (Organic Sunflower Oil Linoleic, Organic Sunflower Oil High Oleic, Organic Rapeseed Oil, Organic Soybean Oil, Organic Linseed Oil, and Organic Palm Oil) supplied in crude or refined forms for human food industries, and expeller pressed organic cakes (sunflower, rapeseed, soybean, and linseed) for animal feed industries. Products are available in bulk, isotanks, flexibags, IBCs, and drums packaging.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organic Sunflower Oil

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Gustav Heess: German-based specialist producer and trader of organic and conventional vegetable oils, including sunflower, rapeseed, soybean, and linseed oils. Directly comparable to Oleum in product portfolio, organic specialization, and B2B food/feed customer base.
• Henry Lamotte Oils: German supplier of organic cold-pressed oils for the food and cosmetics industries. Comparable in mechanical pressing approach, organic certification, and direct B2B sales model serving manufacturers across Europe.
• Avril Group: French major industrial oilseed processor producing vegetable oils and protein-rich meal for food and feed markets across Europe. Comparable oilseed crushing and refining activity, though much larger in scale than Oleum.
• AAK (AarhusKarlshamn): Sweden-headquartered specialty oils and fats company supplying food and personal care manufacturers globally. Comparable in value-added specialty oil processing, though AAK operates at much larger scale across multiple geographies.
• Walter Rau Lebensmittelwerke: German oil mill producing cold-pressed vegetable oils and fats for food manufacturers. Closely comparable in mechanical pressing process, SME scale, and European B2B specialty oil positioning.
• Oliefabriek BV: Dutch specialty oil processor producing pressed and refined oils for food and industrial customers in Northwestern Europe. Comparable SME-scale oil milling, B2B sales model, and geographic focus similar to Oleum.

Broad incumbents

• Vandemoortele: Belgian food company producing margarines, culinary oils, and frozen bakery products. Comparable in Belgian origin and European fats/oils portfolio, though broader in product scope and significantly larger.
• Cargill: Global agribusiness and food ingredient giant producing a wide range of vegetable oils and oilseed meal. Operates in the same value chain as Oleum but at vastly larger scale with conventional (not specialty organic) positioning.
• Bunge: Global agribusiness and food company with major vegetable oil and oilseed processing operations across Europe and globally. Overlaps with Oleum in oilseed processing but operates conventional-focused supply chains at industrial scale.
• Archer Daniels Midland (ADM): Global food processing and commodities trader with large-scale oilseed crushing and refining capacity. Comparable in oilseed processing activity but operates across conventional and specialty segments at multi-billion scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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